BMW K 1200R
Just when you thought the growing “naked bike”
segment – sportbikes shorn of their plastic wrappers, unveiled for all to see -
was all about showing off and nothing about substance and style, here comes the
2006 BMW K 1200 R. Unlike the weightlifter who can barely scratch his own back,
the K 1200 R is powerfully built yet agile, massively quick yet perfectly docile
for those times you want to take it easy. It’s the ideal combination of menace
and class.
BMW has taken
advantage of the incredible technology housed in the new K 1200 S – a
straight-line speed machine that also accelerates, turns and stops like a
truly modern superbike – to create the K 1200 R. In fact, except for revised
bodywork and ergonomics, the two bikes are very much alike.
And yet the two motorcycles couldn’t be further in
temperament. The K 1200 S is sophisticated, urbane, while the K 1200 R is
built for the rider who lives for sport riding and uncompromised
appearances. The K 1200 R eschews full bodywork for a tidy, aerodynamically
designed instrument-panel fairing that incorporates powerful asymmetrical
headlights and the engine oil cooler. This is a face that
performance-oriented riders won’t soon forget. Nor will race fans, as the K
1200 R will form the basis for the BMW Power Cup, with races to be held all
over the world on special race-prepared machines. Taking up where the
popular Boxer Cup left off, it’s likely that the best, hardest-fought racing
in 2005 will come from the ranks of the Power Cup.
POTENT ACCELERATION FROM A STATE-OF-THE-ART
POWERPLANT
Behold the most powerful production motorcycle engine
BMW has ever built, the beneficiary of decades competing at the highest
levels of motorsport. But it’s not just about sheer thrust. Indeed, the K
1200 R’s revolutionary inline-four-cylinder engine sets new standards not
just for power – and, as important, excellent power delivery – but it was
designed from the start to be compact and light. Moreover, its unusual
configuration – the cylinder block is canted toward the front wheel by 55
degrees – not only reduces the entire motorcycle’s center of gravity but
also permits innovating packaging solutions. The K 1200 R’s layout is as far
from a me-too arrangement as you can get.
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